| Helen Steele
Date
of birth: 19/10/1974
(Dublin)
Address: Silver
Hill House, Emyvale, Co. Monaghan.
Education: City
and Guilds London - BA in Art and Design,
from Bourke College of Art and Design.
Exhibitions:
2004: Market
House, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
2004: Bank
of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland.
2003: Arts
in the Castle, Castle Leslie, Glaslough,
Co. Monaghan, Ireland
2002: December – Solo
exhibition at Pasta di Milano, Ormond Quay,
Dublin 2, Ireland.
2002: July – Castle
Leslie, Glaslough, Co. Monaghan, Ireland. -
Group exhibition.
2001: September – Solo
exhibition at Pasta di Milano, Ormond Quay,
Dublin 2, Ireland.
2002: March – Group
exhibition Pasta di Milano, Ormond Quay,
Dublin 2, Ireland.
1999: September – Exhibition
Forge Gallery, Collon, Ireland with Irish
Artist Marc O’Neill.
1998: First
Solo exhibition Lane Gallery Restaurant,
Pembroke Lane, Dublin 2, Ireland.
1997: Group
exhibition, Lane Gallery Restaurant, Dublin
2, Ireland.
Private Commissions:
Kinara
Restaurant – Clontarf Road, Dublin,
Ireland.
Milano – Clarion
Quay, Dublin 3, Ireland.
Milano – The
Corn Store, Galway City, Ireland
Milano – Cork
City, Ireland.
Pizza
Express – Lisburn Road, Belfast, Northern
Ireland.
Shay
Dempsey at the Four Seasons Hotel, Ballsbridge,
Dublin 4, Ireland.
Zoo
Hair Salon, Exchequer Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Monaghan
Co. Council Head Office, Co. Monaghan, Ireland.
The
Old Post Inn – Cloverhill, Co. Cavan,
Ireland.
Tang
Freres – Paris, France.
Riviera
Radio – Monte Carlo, Monaco, France.
Skibbo
Castle – Donarch, Scotland.
The
Inner Perspective…
This work is a
collective process of unconscious imagery. It is an impression of my
recorded unconscious thoughts, through hypo-training
and dream analysis. Most of our knowledge,
skills and attitudes and training seems to
be based on the idea of conscious learning.
However the reality is that unconscious
learning takes place anyway, but in an unplanned
manner.
The following work
is an on-going investigation into the influences
of everyday life and the media on my unconscious. It’s
a semi-spontaneous response to remembered
images of the unconscious mind.
The colourful diverse
textural surfaces are loose and unordered. No
brushes are used in the foreground; instead
I use a pouring and running technique. This
allows abstract forms and images to emerge
and melt in the imagination. Ultimately,
I’ll produce work that is a form of
escapism from reality. I would like
to think that when looking at this work the
viewer would, (for
just a second or two)
feel immersed in another colourful abstract
dimension.
I started working
on this project in February ’03
and it continues.
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